• Greystones DART cancellations to be reduced but Sunday service reduced

    The new train timetable, from the 10th December,  which has been promoted as having more trains has a 1.5 and a 2 hour gap between northbound DARTs on Sundays in the afternoon/evening. Visitors and residents expect a more frequent service. We should be trying to get people out of their cars by providing a good […]

  • Greystones DART cancellations to be reduced

    Irish Rail has eventually replied to me to say they will change the instructions to the DART Controllers so that when trains have to be cancelled they will consider the long interval between trains in Greystones and try not to cancel that service. This is a problem, especially at the weekend when the interval is […]

  • Greystones DART Service badly managed

    On Saturday, when there is an hourly Dart service, Irish Rail cancelled one and then the diesel train from Rosslare was delayed 25 minutes The electronic signs showed that there would be a train sooner. There was no announcement only the wrong electronic display. There were no staff in the station. About 150 passengers were […]

  • Dutch group in Greystones advise on cycling facilities

    A group from the Dutch Cycling Embassy visited Greystones with the Dutch Ambassador. They are experts at designing cycling facilities and keen to persuade other countries to cycle more like the Dutch do. They gave a talk in the Greystones Municipal rooms to some Councillors and some Council Engineers. Later on they cycled around Greystones […]

  • N11 Bus Priority Scheme will create traffic jams

    The N11 Interim Bus Priority Scheme is open for Public Display on the web. This provides for bus lanes from Loughlinstown to Fassaroe on both sides and from the Glenview to Kilmacanoge, Northbound. Also a more complex Central Section from Fassaroe to Kilmacanoge on both sides of the road. A detailed look at it shows […]

  • Art Centre Campaign starts in Greystones

    Over 40 people attended a meeting on Monday evening to start a campaign for an Arts Centre in Greystones. Almost all artists they want a centre for  Art & Artists. A campaign group was formed and more people are welcome to join the group. They should contact : Michelle Owens michellle@lucca.ie ‘Greystones has grown rapidly and […]

  • Wicklow Council sells site to Coast Guard in Greystones

    The Council has agreed to sell the long prepared site and part of the slipway at Greystones Harbour. The site is sold to the Office of Public Works who will build the station. Minister Simon Harris has contacted the OPW in detail and they hope to be ready to go to tender this year. This […]

  • Open meeting to set up a Creative Artistic Hub in Greystones-Delgany

    The town has grown rapidly and there is no centre for the Visual Arts. We are asking those who are interested in this and in trying to set one up to come to a meeting to start a campaign for one. There are many interested in the Visual Arts but a collective voice is needed […]

  • Mitchell supports Council rejection of another development at Blacklion

    The Council refused Cairn permission for a 98 house development on part of a site at Blacklion, Greystones because the town is over the planned population for 2028. The developer has appealed this to Bord Pleanala. They have also applied for 586 houses on the whole site. I have submitted an observation to the Bord […]

  • Mitchell and independent visual expert ask Codling wind farm to reduce impact

    I met the Codling Wind Farm staff with an independent Visual Expert to discuss the visual aspects of their turbines meeting the Dublin Array windfarm. The experts report showed that Greystones would have the worst visual impact of any place in Ireland. He agreed with my view that a large visual gap should be left […]